Meandrina is a genus of colonial stony coral in the family Meandrinidae. Corals in this genus form massive hemispherical heads or have large flat plates and can grow to a metre (yard) across. Sometimes it is referred to as brain coral.
| Meandrina | |
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| Small clump of Meandrina meandrites | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Cnidaria |
| Class: | Hexacorallia |
| Order: | Scleractinia |
| Family: | Meandrinidae |
| Genus: | Meandrina Lamarck, 1801[1] |
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Species
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following species:[1]
- Meandrina brasiliensis (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
- Meandrina danae (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848)
- Meandrina jacksoni Weil & Pinzón, 2011
- Meandrina meandrites (Linnaeus, 1758)
- †Meandrina polygonalis Catullo, 1856